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	Jul 26, 2017 Regional and International Coordination INDIAN OCEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS NEW PRIORITIES FOR ADVANCING THE REGIONAL FISHERIES SURVEILLANCE PLAN TO REDUCE IUU FISHING In July Secure Fisheries attended the Indian Ocean Commission's Regional Fisheries Surveillance Plan meeting, where Robert Mazurek gave a presentation on Secure Fisheries' current efforts combatting... Read more
	Jun 16, 2017 Regional and International Coordination SAFE OCEAN NETWORK REVIEWS BEST PRACTICES FOR FISHING VESSEL INTELLIGENCE Director Kaija Hurlburt and Senior Program Manager Robert Mazurek attended the second meeting of the Safe Ocean Network, to discuss efforts to combat IUU fishing.
	Jun 05, 2017 Regional and International Coordination OUR OCEAN CONFERENCE MAKES PROGRESS ON UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 14: LIFE BELOW WATER This weeklong event at UN Headquarters that will convene stakeholders to build on partnerships and experiences that will move the world closer to conserving and sustainably using the ocean and its... Read more
	May 24, 2017 Regional and International Coordination SECURE FISHERIES PRESENTS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTING FISHERIES INTELLIGENCE TO THE AFRICAN PARTNERSHIP STATION On May 9th Secure Fisheries’ Senior Program Manager, Robert Mazurek attended the annual planning meeting of the African Partnership Station (APS) in Naples, Italy. APS is U.S. Africa Command’s (... Read more
	May 07, 2017 Fisheries Governance Somali Regional Member States Reach Agreement on Licensing Foreign Fishing Vessels At a meeting in Victoria, Seychelles, ministers from the Somali federal government and Regional Member States came to a preliminary agreement on licensing foreign fishing vessels operating in the... Read more
	May 03, 2017 Fisheries Governance Stable Seas: Somali Waters Report Launch One Earth Future hosted a multi-stakeholder workshop to launch the inaugural Stable Seas: Somali Waters report on May 3. The event, co-sponsored by Oceans Beyond Piracy, OEF Research, and... Read more
	May 02, 2017 Secure Fisheries Urges More Research on Cage Aquaculture at African Great Lakes Conference Hundreds of scientists and policy makers gathered in Entebbe, Uganda for an historic conference on the African Great Lakes. Secure Fisheries’ Dr.... Read more
	Apr 26, 2017 Fisheries Governance Foundational Ecological Research Is Key to Understanding Long-Term Impacts of Fisheries Development Cage aquaculture of tilapia is expanding rapidly in Lake Victoria, but the impacts of this development are difficult to predict. How much pollution will cages produce? Will they interfere with... Read more
	Apr 18, 2017 Fisheries Governance FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Of Somalia MEETS WITH REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO DISCUSS LICENSING FOREIGN FISHING VESSELS On April 18, the newly appointed Minister of Fisheries for the Federal Government of Somalia met for the first time with ministers from each of the Regional Member States to make progress on... Read more
	Mar 24, 2017 Fisheries Governance Conflict, Aid, And Refugees Workshop Explores Importance of Fisheries A workshop hosted by the University of Arizona explored how foreign and development aid can be used to reduce conflict associated with refugee resettlement, particularly when... Read more

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